Kibbutz Country Lodging Shaar Hagolan

Very friendly place with plenty of greenery. Clean and well-maintained room.

It started well and ended badly. Clean rooms but at the level of hostel plus 920 pounds for a couple and a child for a night in Sousse is a disproportionate price. The receptionist explicitly said that check-out was allowed until 5 p.m., since there was no breakfast, we sat outside and canceled breakfast because a chat on WhatsApp representing the place, after consulting with the management said we could not stay after 12 p.m. unless we paid another night. We won't come back. Of course we won't.

I totally agree with some of the recent reviewers who gave three stars or two. This so-called Kibbutz Resort Hotel lies in the middle of nowhere (or everywhere), not far away from the southern end of Kinneret. I arrived by taxi from Tel Aviv Ben Gurion after 22:00. I was taken to my room in a little house (bathroom, Kitchenette, bedroom). In the refrigerator they had left two bags with food for me (2 breads, cheese, jam, halva, olives, cocktail tomatoes, an apple and a pear, some milk), which I found very friendly since I had missed dinner. Besides, the air condition had been set on heating, there were 28 degrees in the room, outside it was rather cold. The next morning I explored the neighbourhood before I had lunch. There are a lot of plants around the houses. On the whole the kibbutz needs some maintenance, it was not in a good condition. I suppose they accept tourists to make some money. The hall where I had breakfast and dinner is "functional", not more. In the evening the guests were asked to leave at a certain point of time, but then it was Shabbat. If it were not for the coloured glass windows, the handmade blankets (or should I call them carpets?) on the walls and the exhibits of common journeys of kibbutz inhabitants, I would call this hall bleak. In fact, it is not, because the women from the kibbutz were sitting together having breakfast and prattling along separated from the men. The service is done by handicapped people and their "supervisor". After the meals, the guests are supposed to carry their dishes to a large room where they are to separate the waste, the glasses, plates, etc. and put them on a conveyor belt. I did not mind that but for a resort hotel this was most unusual. It is probably best to stay in this place only for one or a few nights, or if you are away in the complete daytime.